Background Material

Jason has not been seen since 2000, when he vanished after an encounter with Tina Shepherd. The lake has been dragged numerous times and divers have made over fifty expeditions but no sign of Jason’s body has ever turned up.

There are those who claim that none of the Crystal Lake murders were committed by Jason. They insist that he drowned in 1957 at the age of 10 and that the murders in 1984 were the work of at least two copycat killers playing off Pamela Voorhees killing spree five years earlier. One unidentified suspect was killed by Chris Higgins. His body was supposedly stolen from the hospital by a second murderer. That suspect was killed by Tommy Jarvis. According to skeptics, he was never identified and his body was either buried in an unmarked grave or cremated.

It is a documented fact that the murders committed at Pinehurst Halfway House in 1989 were the work of an ambulance driver named Roy. He used the legend of Jason Voorhees to try to hide his crimes. The 1995 murders at Crystal Lake (Forest Green) have been attributed to an unknown killer who vanished immediately after. Some still think that Tommy Jarvis may have committed the crimes and fooled those who investigated.

A series of murders near Crystal Lake in 2000 were never solved. The crime scene was completed destroyed in an apparent gas explosion. The two survivors, Tina and Nick, claimed that a man wearing a mask killed their friends and family before being blown up when the house exploded.

In spite of the skeptics, many people in the Crystal Lake area insist that the area is haunted by the ghost of Jason Voorhees (and possibly his mother) and that he is responsible for all of the murders. A very small group of people, mostly on the internet, believe that another member of the Voorhees family (Jason’s father or an unknown brother or cousin) is the best possible suspect. There have been a few who ventured into the area looking for clues but nothing substantial has ever been found.

The original camp site sat vacant for several years but was eventually purchased by a commercial developer and torn down. Some artifacts (including the original sign) were sold to a private collector who was never identified. A public park now stands on the site. Some locals claim to have seen Jason in the woods outside of the lake. The training center that was the site of some of the 1984 murders was condemned and torn down two years later. The land remains undeveloped and the forest has reclaimed most of it. Higgins Haven was condemned and sat vacant for several years. It burned down in 1998 after some kids snuck in and started a fire in the fireplace. The barn was later torn down and the area fenced off. It is a popular place for teens and curiosity seekers. The former Jarvis home still stands but has been abandoned. The neighboring house was torn down. Pinehurst Halfway House was sold and reopened as a drug rehab center. It is still in operation under the name Second Chances. Camp Forest Green never reopened. It was sold to a private individual and closed to the public. The lakeside retreat destroyed by the explosion in 2000 was never rebuilt. Nature has reclaimed the majority of the property and very few people are even able to locate the site.